Σκύθαι

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Ancient Greek

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Scythian Archers

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ský.tʰai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.tʰɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.θɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈscy.θe/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsci.θe/

Noun

Σκῠ́θαι • (Skúthai) m

nominative/vocative plural of Σκῠ́θης (Skúthēs)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.1.2
  (in the previous quotation: nominative)
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1:
  Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
  Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
  Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.
1. a police force in Athens

Synonyms

(police-force in Athens): Σπευσίνιοι (Speusínioi), τοξότης (toxótēs)

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